Question about 'Identifying the programs that Windows runs at boot addition'
Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at 2:57 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by howlerdog
(1 messages posted)
This article leaves off an important issue for Windows XP/2000/NT about determining
which applications are run at boot time.
In addition to the Registry "run" family of keys, the startup folder, and the .ini
files,
Windows XP/2000/NT will also launch any services whose startup type is automatic
during the boot/init process.
Services used to primarily be "heavy guns" like SQL server, IIS, etc. but more applications
seem to be coming as services. (For example, my McAfee AVSync Manager Virus protection
runs as a service.)
Services are enabled/disabled in from the Control Panel/Administrative tools/Services
interface or through MSConfig.
The best place to view what runs at boot for XP is to run msconfig it shows all areas
that can launch an app at boot.
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